613: Dress for the Chip You Want

🚨 LAST CALL! 🚨 ATP Holiday Store is open! 🗣️ Place your orders by Sunday! Follow-up: Aperture was not a purchase; it was developed by Apple. (via Jason Sims) “Plain” M4 MacBook Pro and external displays (via Eric Roch) Mac mini “Modular” storage Quinn’s teardown dosdude1 demonstrates an upgrade Apple 8TB SSD Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro Differences between M4 and M4 Pro SSDs Benchmarks M4 512 GB M4 Pro 512 GB iFixit Teardown Apple’s replacement guide Other tidbits Heatsink differences 256 GB = 2× 128 GB Wi-Fi & Bluetooth are their own PCB #askatp: setting up external SSDs (via Peter Welpton) Thunderbolt performance limits Geekbench scores across Apple Silicon (via Wes Campaigne) iPhone Pro Clock speeds Ken Case’s observation Apple’s smart home ambitions #askatp: Should users be worried that 8/16GB RAM is “claimed” by Apple Intelligence? (via andrewsleigh) Why can’t Apple make a Studio Display with MacBook Pro backlight technology? (via Henri Sivonen) What power user hacks can we not live without? (via Ryan Tierney) Alfred Rocket SwitchGlass Front and Center Post-show: Marco’s Mac Mini setup Marco’s OWC drive enclosure Members-only ATP Overtime: Vision Pro cheerleading Patrick’s original question Sponsored by: Tailscale: A secure network that just works. DeleteMe: Making it quick, easy and safe to remove your personal data online. Use code ATP. Become a member for ATP Overtime, ad-free episodes, member specials, and our early-release, unedited “bootleg” feed!